In the latter's case, Loki was forced to swallow his pride to ensure said Jötunn's failure by distracting his horse Svadilfari and mating with it in process, culminating to the birth of Slepnir. Since Skadi proved herself more reasonable than her father and most of her kin despite her initial vengeful rage, the tension between her and the Gods was resolved without bloodshed.Īnother examples of his pranks are annoying Thor through shaving his wife Sif's golden hair clean, interfering dwarf brothers Brokkr and Sindri's progress in crafting the Thunder God's signature hammer Mjölnir (which resulted the hammer's handle being shorter than intended) to win the bet he made with them, and giving a shady Jötunn the chance to get his hands on Freya, sun, and moon should he managed to complete the fortification around Asgard despite his apparent treacherous nature. In the same tale, he also unwittingly angered Thiazi's daughter Skadi who demanded restitution for her father's death in the same incident (when Loki took Idunn back to Asgard with his falcon form, Thiazi caught them in the act and give chase with his eagle form all while recklessly entering the Gods' territory in Asgard in process, provoking the guards to kill him on the spot). For example, in the tale of The Kidnapping of Idunn, he incited the wrath of the Jötunn Thiazi who then coerced him to bring Idunn for him only to nearly doomed his fellow Gods, since said goddess was the only one who can take care of her special apples which grant them their immortality. In his early days among Gods of Asgard, Loki's pranks often brings troubles for his newfound allies. In addition of Slepnir and his parents, Loki's other family members are Angrboða (ON: "Anguish-Boding") (with whom he sired three children Hela the Goddess of Death, Fenrir the Wolf Jötunn, and Jörmungandr the Midgard Serpent), Sigyn (with whom he sired Váli and Narfi and Váli (noted that the latter shares his name with Odin's son through marriage with Jötunn Rindr)). Despite being naturally male, Loki's gender is actually malleable owing to his shapeshifting ability and with his mare form, he is the "mother" of eight-legged, Jötunn-horse hybrid Slepnir with the stallion Svadilfari. Although he was accepted by the Gods of Asgard as the honorary member of their people, Loki proved himself a troublemaker for being a wily striker. Loki was born from the Jötunn Fárbauti (ON: "Cruel Striker") and Laufey/Nál (ON: "Needle").